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NYSC@50 How Nigerian Youths Unashamedly Celebrated Failure

NYSC@50: How Nigerian Youths Unashamedly Celebrated Failure

May 15, 2023 3:20 am

One of the most painful reasons why Nigeria has remained the way it is that Nigerians tolerate their problems a lot. Rather than raise objective issues with the system which has failed them, they often try to create excuses for failures while basking in their pain and suffering while fuelling its sources. To put it mildly, Nigerians love ‘suffering and smiling’.

Over the last few days, Nigerians showed up on social media to show the world why their governments and leaders do not take them seriously. They were all over the Internet heaping praises and adulation on the National Youth …

Tinubu's Promise To Fight Corruption A Joke Taken Too Far

Tinubu’s Promise To Fight Corruption: A Joke Taken Too Far

May 11, 2023 12:05 am

Nigeria is an intriguingly bizarre place. It is a country where absurdities have obtained legitimacy and are oftentimes dismissed with flimsy excuses. It is a place where leaders detest accountability and often make blank statements that they don’t intend to remember. Little wonder why politicians in Nigeria make weird promises, before, during, and after elections that they do not even intend to remember. 

A few days ago, Nigeria’s ‘President-select’, Bola Ahmed Tinubu gave Nigerians a reason to laugh again after a long season of gloom and pain. His sense of humour was topnotch in Port Harcourt, Rivers State when he …

Why FGN Must Release Kanu Unconditionally Before May 29

Why FGN Must Release Kanu Unconditionally Before May 29

May 10, 2023 11:29 pm

It is now barely a few days before President Muhammdau Buhari’s maladministration finally gets to shamefully bow out of office. While Buhari himself now struggles to comprehend the powerful stings of the ephemerality of power and the transient nature of power becomes his daily reality, he could still be reminded one more time that perhaps they are a few actions that he could take to reduce the moral burden he will face post the 29th of May and one of them is ensuring the release of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. 

Before President Buhari …

Is Nigeria Not Tired Of Wasting Money On NYSC

Is Nigeria Not Tired Of Wasting Money On The Futile NYSC?

May 8, 2023 3:44 am

Acknowledging failures and making necessary amends is something that everyone who is desirous of making an impact cannot do without, in the case of Nigeria, the story seems different because engagements over the years have clearly shown that rather than correct mistakes, the country reinforces and encourages them. How else can one explain why the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme which failed many decades ago is still sucking up the resources in a country that needs every dint of austerity measures to plug all the financial gaps it has? How else can one explain that very valid calls for …

Unveiling Prof. Nze's '1967-1970 Exposing The Untold Truth'

Unveiling Prof. Nze’s ‘1967-1970: Exposing The Untold Truth’

May 8, 2023 2:31 am

For over 53 years, the Nigerian government has managed to keep the TRUTH hidden from its citizens. it has made bold attempts to conceal the fact that over three million people, including women and babies, died avoidable deaths as a result of the brutal ‘genocide’ that happened between 1967 -1970. Nigerian leaders have ignorantly ignored the fact that the event is one that can never be swept under the carpet and the ‘genocide’ which it has continued to refer to as ‘civil war’ for political reasons will not remain a secret forever! 

Thankfully, the author of The Genocide, …

Nigeria Must Get Her Educational System Right

Nigeria Must Get Her Educational System Right

May 4, 2023 3:00 am

There are no right words to describe Nigeria’s educational sector, but abysmally and terribly deteriorated might be a good place to start. Rather than asking what is wrong with Nigeria’s educational sector, the question would be, ‘What isn’t?’

Education in Nigeria is riddled with issues like outdated educational curricula, poor funding, lack of infrastructure, nonexistent libraries, poor access to quality education at all levels, and incessant strikes at the tertiary level. Get rid of incompetent teachers and unqualified teachers, and we might be getting somewhere with identifying the problems.

However, the problems of the educational sector in Nigeria are …

Nigerians Should Scorn, Not Forgive Buhari

Nigerians Should Scorn, Not Forgive Buhari

May 1, 2023 3:36 am

It is less than a month until President Muhammadu Buhari leaves the stage after what can be best described as the most abysmal and shameful performance, leaving behind a crowd of disappointed and dissatisfied audiences. What does he have to say for himself after promising Nigerians the world but giving them nothing short of hell? He has prepared a plea for forgiveness to those he has hurt along the line of his service.

While his forgiveness message came as a shock to some people, those who have gained an understanding of his antics, as well as that of other politicians …

Without Restructuring, Nigeria Is Bound To Collapse

Without Restructuring, Nigeria Is Bound To Collapse

May 1, 2023 3:28 am

Lately, Nigerian leaders have shown how detached from reality they are. They have continued to cling to delusions, bask in their untenable euphoria, and celebrate gross inadequacies. Rather than pay attention to the systemic challenges plaguing the country and the agnonising cries for restructuring, they have remained aloof while carelessly flaunting their ability to resist change even in the face of potent danger. What they have perhaps failed to acknowledge is that their foolishness can be fatal and destructive because the current retarded system operating in Nigeria that they hold strongly to, is headed for the rocks if the right …

Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Needs To Push For The Release Of Kanu

Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo Needs To Push For The Release Of Kanu

May 1, 2023 3:27 am

There is a popular Igbo adage that says; ‘Okenye adighị anọ n’ụlọ nne ewu amụọ n’ogbịrị’ which when loosely translated to English means that an elder does not sit at home and watch a tethered goat deliver. It is never expected that things should go wrong in the presence of an elder. While the elder is looked up to always solve a problem as soon as it arises, he or she is also expected to take expedient steps to demonstrate leadership.

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been unjustly incarcerated for the past …

$2.4bn Oil Theft Don't Expect The Truth From Malami

$2.4bn Oil Theft: Don’t Expect The Truth From Malami

April 27, 2023 3:52 am

As Nigerians count down to the last days of the catastrophic Muhammadu Buhari administration and the historic mindless corruption that was concomitant with it, one name that will never appear for the right reasons any time the story of the maladministration is told is Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. He is solely responsible for many acts of wickedness that were perpetrated by the government against the Nigerian people and posterity will never be kind to him.

All over the world, the role of the Attorney-General in any thriving democracy is first to uphold …

NYSC: Another Conduit For Looting Nigeria's Treasury

NYSC: Another Conduit For Looting Nigeria’s Treasury

April 17, 2023 3:33 am

Welcome to Nigeria where virtually every notable government ministry, agency, or Parastatal has remained a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the raping of Nigeria’s resources. Many of these institutions which were created with lofty goals in mind have surrendered themselves to the whims and caprices of the thieving Nigerian political elite class. Rather than serve the purpose for which they were instituted for Nigerians, they have all merely served the purpose of their corrupt masters who think nothing good about the country whose resources they have continually plundered.

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has over the years effectively …

Crises It's Either Nigeria Restructures Or Disintegrates

Crises: It’s Either Nigeria Restructures Or Disintegrates

April 17, 2023 3:27 am

Nigeria has, for many years, teetered on the precipice of failure and the deterioration has continued unabated. Synonymous with a downward slippery slope, the journey to the abyss has continued unchecked and Nigerians can only groan. The political elites who run the country like a private estate have refused to allow reason to prevail. They have collectively refused to overhaul the entire system to save the sinking ship, and as a result, Africa’s most populous country now faces an impending implosion.

The Nigerian state has become a failing state of critical geopolitical concern having failed abysmally to keep its citizens …

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